University of Port Harcourt and its consortium partners under the TAGDev 2.0 program participated in the 21st RUFORUM AGM, driving impactful discussions and collaborations across Africa

University of Port Harcourt and its consortium partners under the TAGDev 2.0 program participated in the 21st RUFORUM AGM, driving impactful discussions and collaborations across Africa.

From the 24th to 30th of November, 2025. The University of Port Harcourt (UniPort), alongside its consortium partners under the TAGDev 2.0 Program (University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN); Federal University of Technology, Minna (FUT-Minna); Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Bayelsa State Institute of Entrepreneurship and Vocational Training, Yenagoa (BIEVT); Federal College of Education (Technical), Omoku, Rivers State (FCET), among others) participated in the in-person events of the 21st Pre-AGM of Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) held at Gaborone International Conference Centre (GICC), Botswana. The event was hosted by RUFORUM, the Government of Botswana, and RUFORUM member universities in Botswana. The Pre-AGM featured high level meetings and training that cut across leadership meetings, mentorships, transformative education, communication, monitoring, evaluation, and learning training among others.

The major highlights of the Pre-AGM were the field trips to Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (BUAN).
The University of Port Harcourt team, together with other participants at the 21st RUFORUM Annual General Meeting, visited:
1. BUAN Solar Farm – to see their renewable energy initiatives
2. BUAN Water Treatment Plant – witnessed the water purification processes that supply the university community and surrounding environment.
3. Safflower Farm – learned how farmers and researchers grow safflower and convert it into value‑added resources.
4. Incuhive Program (BUAN Incubation Hub) – explored the entrepreneurship incubation hub where BUAN alumni run poultry production projects to prepare their own agro‑enterprises.
The Pre-AGM was a space for learning, unlearning, relearning and building stronger collaborations ahead of the main AGM.

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